THIS DAY The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has launched an investigation into the alleged involvement of the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and the Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Prof…
ENERGY MIX REPORT With many Oil and Gas Companies struggling to stay afloat amid the current market situation, exploration activity in the country has suffered a decline as the number of active rigs fell by 33.33 per cent in July.…
VANGUARD NEWS GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike on Tuesday swore that no project conceived by his administration would be abandoned or uncompleted at his exit as Rivers State Governor. Nyesom Wike, speaking in Port Harcourt on the state of Rivers, politics and…
PUNCH NEWS Governor Duoye Diri of Bayelsa State, on Tuesday, filed 11 grounds of appeal against Monday’s judgment of the state’s governorship election petition tribunal which sacked him from office. The tribunal sitting in Abuja nullified Diri’s election on the…
PUNCH NIGERIA The Ijaw People’s Development initiative has tasked Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to complete the abandoned permanent site of Delta State School Of Marine Technology. This was contained in a statement signed by the president of the group, Ozobo Austin,…
IJAW NATION IN CRISIS: THINGS CANNOT CONTINUE THIS WAY! By Ijaw Diaspora Council (IDC) Open Letter to Ijaw Leaders August 15, 2020 Chief (Dr.) E. K. Clark, OFR, CON We write on behalf of the Ijaw Diaspora Council (IDC),…
PUNCH The Rivers State Government has announced the reopening of all markets in the state about five months after their closure as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Nyesom Wike, who gave announced the reopening in a state-wide broadcast…
THIS DAY Hundreds of students yesterday took to the streets in Asaba, Delta State, to protest against the alleged killing of Mr. Nzete Ogochukwu Patrick, a 500-level student of Electrical Engineering, University of Port Harcourt. The deceased was said to…
PUNCH NIGERIA Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has urged the Federal Government to tread with caution when dealing with issues concerning the Niger Delta region. He warned the government against going ahead with the rumoured plan to scrap the Presidential…
THIS DAY The Bayelsa Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Monday nullified the election that produced candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Duoye Diri, as Governor. The panel held that the election was unlawful due to the exclusion…